Street Vending Cart Design
Winning projects of "Street Vending Cart Design Challenge" conducted by NID, in collaboration with DPIIT and SSIP is launching the to address the challenges faced by the street vendors in the ongoing covid-19 scenario.
Background and Context
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Indian Street Vendors are going through a tough phase due to COVID -19. Loss of customers and demand, restriction of mobility, hygiene issues and competitive challenges are dominant in the present time. Street vendors use conventional vending carts in the regular course of business. Post COVID-19 time, there are new emerging scenarios in street vending business. There lies an opportunity for street vendors to innovate their businesses and attract customers by improving their services and offerings. Street cart could become a turning point here for product, storage, mobility and branding point of view. Emerging Scenarios due to COVID-19
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• Change in buying patterns from customers because of the needs of essential and perception of safety in the street as well as organized products segment. This in turn has put more emphasis on packaging, cleanliness, order, and appeal.
• Mobility is a great advantage for small businesses. The carts can carry, distribute and store products, food, and other utility items and make customers access them in their close proximity.
• Covid-19 is posing great challenges and also providing golden opportunities for the small business sector, which is affected majorly as well as has the potential to revive back at a much faster pace. The post COVID scenario is looking forward to more enterprises and self-initiated businesses that also require a dedicated focus on designs of our street carts.
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Design Considerations
Maintain Social distancing
Good Seating arrangement
Proper waste disposal
Health & hygiene
COVID 19
Cashless transaction
Non motorised
Compactness and foldability
Ergonomic
MANDI
Street Vending Cart for Vegetable Business
The design is a vending cart for pan India for selling fruits and vegetables. The deign focuses on creating a hygienic, modular, and organized cart that is easily accessible for the buyer and the vendor.
CURRENT SCENARIO
VEGETABLES EXPOSED TO SUNLIGHT, HEAT AND DUST
NO SHED FOR CUSTOMERS OR VENDORS AND NO SOCIAL DISTANCING POSSIBLE.
VEGETABLES NOT PROPERLY SEGREGATED WHICH MAKES DIFFICULT FOR CUSTOMERS TO PICK
All crates covered by a sheet metal cabinet provided with the slots open for air circulation. Glass covering protects vegetables safe from dust and other impurities.
Segregated compartments to have proper display of vegetables and convenience of the customers to choose them at ease.
Keeping compartments inclined gives good way to display and marketing.
Three compartments in three directions helps to manage the crowd to avoid gathering at one point.
Sheet metal cabinets are fixed with hydraulic gas spring strut, in order to move the cabinets in and out.
Doors are converted to sheds for customers and also to protect vegetables from sunlight and rain.
Wooden texture on UPVC material very light and strong in nature.
Rectangular shape of the cart is retained and made into a cuboid like structure.
Centre seating for vendor for accessibility.
QR code tags are placed on both sides of cart to have contactless transactions
Social distance is maintained between vendor and customer with the outward arrangement of cabinets.
Electric weighing machine is placed in between the rear cabinet and the vendor. It makes easy for the vendor to collect vegetables from the customer.
OCKTA
Street Vending Cart for Food Business
The cart is modern and unconventional. It is completely modular and has enough space for the vendor to move around and also interact with consumers . When not in use the cart is completely closed form and is easy to transport.
CURRENT SCENARIO
DISTANT DINING SETUP
CASHLESS TRANSACTION
